The Bulldogs, after winning seven straight league titles, will play 30 Mountain West games in their first appearance in the conference, in addition to hosting the league tourney May 22-26.

Fresno State, San Diego State, UNLV, Air Force, New Mexico and Nevada comprise the MWC. The Bulldogs will play three-game, home-and-away series against each -- the first at home against San Diego State on March 15-17.

By then, Fresno State will have played 16 nonconference games, including a season-opening three-games series at Beiden Field against UC Santa Barbara starting Feb. 17.

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The Bulldogs will then play one game at home against Sacramento State, a three-game series at Stanford and a single game at Cal State Bakersfield before USC arrives March 1-3. The Trojans feature junior pitcher Sean Silva (Clovis West/Fresno City) and freshman infielder Blake Lacey (Clovis).

Fresno State's schedule counts 10 games in all with Pac-12 opponents and nine against teams that advanced to last year's NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs have made it in six of the past seven seasons, including a national title in 2008.

Coach Mike Batesole is 360-264 in 10 seasons at Fresno State and 615-419-1 in 17 years overall.